Help assigning new boot drive to existing raid

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  1. johnsosn, Jan 29, 2017

    johnsosn macrumors member

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    Hi,

    I wonder if anyone can help or point me in the right direction for help?

    I have a mac pro 3.1 with an sad boot drive and two (non sad) drives in raid for all my storage. the boot drive (intel) has failed.

    Can anyone guide me on how I can setup a new boot drive and connect it to the existing raid without losing data?

    any help appreciated.
     
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  2. h9826790, Jan 29, 2017

    h9826790 macrumors G3

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    I assume you mean SSD but not "sad".

    Anyway, there are few options, e.g. install OS to you current RAID. unless your RAID is maintain by your bootable SSD (e.g. By a 3rd party software that installed on your SSD), the installation disc should able to recognise it and won't erase any data.

    A safer method is to put in a new SSD / HDD, install new OS on to that drive and then continue to use your RAID array.
     
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  3. orph, Jan 29, 2017

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    is your data backed up?

    what is a sad boot drive? (ssd?)
     
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